is a

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model A model is an informative representation of an object, person or system. The term originally denoted the Plan_(drawing), plans of a building in late 16th-century English, and derived via French and Italian ultimately from Latin ''modulus'', a mea ...

actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a Character (arts), character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek ...

, and

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. She is currently under contract with the talent agency IS Field.

Career

Modeling career

Sugimoto began her career in modeling during elementary school, when she was chosen in a Grand-Prix semi-audition for the girls manga magazine ''

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''.

Acting career

In July 2007 she received her first lead role in TV Tokyo's late TV drama series ''Boys Esté''. Her latest role is Miu Sutō/Go-on Silver in the 2008 TV Asahi's

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series ''

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''. She stars also in Mutant Girls Squad under the direction from

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, Noburu Iguchi and

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Music career

Aside from singing character portrayal songs in ''

'', Sugimoto has expressed an interest in producing music. She released her debut single, "Harukoi", composed by Tomosuke Funaki, on February 17, 2010.

Personal life

Sugimoto married a non-celebrity man in 2016, but they divorced in July 2019.

Filmography

Film

TV drama

Mobile drama

Web drama

Anime

Stage

* ''Nakano Blondys Musical'' (12–20 March 2008, Space Zero)

DVD

* ''Yumi Sugimoto -Flowering-'' (Released May 2006) * ''Yumi Sugimoto -Morning Star-'' (Released January 2007) * ''Yumi Sugimoto -Journey Hitori Sugimoto Yumi 19-year-old-'' (Released September 2008)

Discography

* (released February 17, 2010)

References

External links

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Personal blog
(January 1st 2018 to ) {{DEFAULTSORT:Sugimoto, Yumi 1989 births Living people Japanese actresses Japanese television personalities Japanese gravure models Japanese female models